2021 | Cardinale Estate Red | Napa Valley Vintage:2021 dense and powerful with lots

dense and powerful with lots of blackberries

slightly austere setting

clove and cracked black pepper that linger on the long

70% Pinot Noir

During the native fermentation in oak vats with some full clusters

2021 | Cardinale Estate Red | Napa Valley Vintage:2021 dense and powerful with lotsTasting Notes The perfect 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon checks in as 91% Cabernet Sauvignon and 9% Merlot, all of which spent 22 months in 80% new French oak. The idea of this release is to showcase fruit from throughout the valley, and to say that winemaker Chris Carpenter succeeded would be an understatement. It boasts off the charts richness and depth as well as notes of cassis, toasted spices, graphite, tobacco, and espresso, with perfectly integrated